Harvesting In Spanish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH8oFHYsO9w&feature=player_embedded#!

Fundraiser

In order to raise money for Geovani's house, we are are selling bracelets. The bracelets have <3 NEEDS NO TRANSLATION  written on them. Please contact me if you like to make a donation and recieve a bracelet. The bracelets are $1, $5, $10 or whatever amount you would like to donate.

Geo's Kids

A note from Randy:

"A note about Geovanni and family.  I walked through his house yesterday, trying to assess his needs. Living quarters are really cramped.  He's in the process of rebuilding the half of his house that washed away.  He seems more concerned about obtaining materials(roof, brick, concrete) than anything else, though of course clothes, shoes, etc. are always in need as you know.  Not enough roof to cover the grandmother's bed, and I gather not enough floorspace for daughter Yanci to have a bed so she shares a small single bed with Franklin.  He seems more stressed/concerned about completing the room than anything else...though my spanish language skills are still limited(but slowly improving)."

Geo's Kids

Franklin, 9 years old (far left) Erick, 10 years old (middle, blue shirt) Yanci, 7 years old (back left) 

Geovani's House

After we delivered wood to the community we got to take a look at Geovani's house. On the other side of the wall, there is a big ditch that is very hazardous for Geo's three young children.

The Oasis community

Geovani and his family live outside of the Shalom home in a small community. On our first trip into the community we saw Erik, Geo's oldest flying a kite out side of their house. During a storm, the hillside in front of their house collapsed. They are in the process of building a retaining wall.

Geovani

On our first day of painting and cleaning up around the home, we met Geovani. Geovani works at the Shalom home and was helping us set-up and assisted us with the work.

We fell in love with Geo and his humor instantly. He was trying to learn English from us and we were learning Spanish from him. Our group quickly learned that our attempts to pronounce Spanish were very humorous.
Another day, we were helping Geo move big rocking chairs out of the rain. He sat in one of the rocking chairs and motioned that he had a crown on his head. We learned the Spanish word for King as Geo was El Rey!